O Su-yong
O Su-yong | |
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Secretary of the North Hamgyong Province WPK Committee | |
In office 2010–2014 | |
Kim Jong-un (2011–2014) | |
Preceded by | Hong Sok-hyong |
Succeeded by | Jon Sung-hun |
Personal details | |
Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
Citizenship | Korean |
Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
O Su-yong | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 오수용 |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | O Su-yong |
McCune–Reischauer | O Suyo’ng |
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O Su-yong (오수용; born 1944) is a
Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the director of the Economic Affairs Department of the WPK.[2]
Biography
O Su-yong was born in 1944.[2] In 1988, he was appointed to the Electronic Automation Industry Committee under the State Administration Council. In September 1998, he became the Vice Minister of Metals and Machine Building Industry. He was then promoted to Minister of Electronic Industry in December 1999.[2]
In April 2009, he resigned as Minister of Electronic Industry and was appointed a
North Hamgyong Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Provincial Committee from July of the same year. He was replaced by Jon Sung-hun in 2014.[2]
In September 2010, O was elected to the
Central Committee of the WPK.[2]
See also
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